Daily Steps Week One Average: 6,609

A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.  -Lao-tzu, The Way of Lao-tzu

I have a tendency to be a little over-ambitious when it comes to things like working out. For some reason, my mind thinks I can go from the couch to running a half-marathon with very minimal training in between…I’m not sure why. This method has never been very successful for me in the past & to be brutally honest, I don’t think I have EVER been able to one mile without stopping to catch my breath. Training usually stops after the first couple of days.

Back in July, I was on a fitness kick again when I purchased a Fitbit Flex – I flexible wristband that tracks your steps through out the day. I didn’t really have any specific plans on how I was going to use it, but it ended up giving me some good information on how active I am throughout the day – which is not very active. On average, I am only walking about 46,000 steps a week…that’s only 6,500 a day! No wonder I can’t run a mile!! Ha!

I have decided to use this little device to my advantage & set small, achievable fitness goals for myself.

Goal One: To walk 10% more steps that the previous week until I am walking 10,000 steps or more everyday.

Week one, I must walk an average of 7,270 steps a day.